Brokenness: The Heart God Revives
The Biblical Response of Brokenness
Psalm 51
September 4, 2022
Happy Labor Day Weekend! Thank you for joining us in worship today in person and online. Today, I want us to look at the subject of Brokenness. In the Bible, we see times when a person or a people were completely broken over their sin. We just don’t see that very much today. If we are ever going to experience personal revival, we have to become broken before God. David, in the Old Testament, walks us though what that looked like when he became broken before God. Let’s fix our minds attention and hearts affection on Jesus and ask Him to speak to us this morning! Rick~
Psalm 51:1-17 CSB
Be gracious to me, God, according to your faithful love; according to your abundant compassion, blot out my rebellion. 2 Completely wash away my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I am conscious of my rebellion, and my sin is always before me. 4 Against you—you alone—I have sinned and done this evil in your sight. So you are right when you pass sentence; you are blameless when you judge. 5 Indeed, I was guilty when I was born; I was sinful when my mother conceived me. 6 Surely you desire integrity in the inner self, and you teach me wisdom deep within. 7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. 8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. 9 Turn your face away from my sins and blot out all my guilt. 10 God, create a clean heart for me and renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11 Do not banish me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore the joy of your salvation to me, and sustain me by giving me a willing spirit. 13 Then I will teach the rebellious your ways, and sinners will return to you. 14 Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God— God of my salvation— and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. 15 Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. 16 You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it; you are not pleased with a burnt offering. 17 The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. You will not despise a broken and humbled heart, God.
POINT: _________________________ is the Appropriate Biblical Response to our Sin before a Holy God.
Psalm 51:17 CSB
The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. You will not despise a broken and humbled heart, God.
Psalm 34:18
The Lord is near the brokenhearted; he saves those crushed in spirit.
David Petitions God, for _________________ and Compassion based on God’s Character.
“Be Gracious to me God……according to Your Abundant Compassion.”
David Understands that Sin ____________________ and Sin Scars.
51:1b-2
blot out my rebellion. 2 Completely wash away my guilt and cleanse me from my sin.
Isaiah 1:16, 18
“Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from my sight. Stop doing evil. “Come, let’s settle this,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are crimson red, they will be like wool.
One of the damaging Side effects and consequences of Sin is that it Creates ________________________.
_______________ is First and Foremost a Gave Offense against a Holy and Righteous God.
Psalm 51:4a
Against you—you alone—I have sinned and done this evil in your sight.
Sometimes God has to ___________________ you to bring you to a Place of Brokenness.
Psalm 51:8b
……let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
Isaiah 53:10: Yet the Lord was pleased to crush him severely.
“When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long” –Psalm 32:3
Numbers 32:23 ESV
But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out.
_____________________ Sin –Secret Sin—not only Affects us, but it also Affects the people around us.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly grief produces death.